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Review on Fluke 287 True-RMS Electronics Logging Multimeter: Simplify Your Diagnostics with Accuracy and Efficiency by Reginald Sealy

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Unfortunately totally useless for measuring small capacitances

I got this because of the claimed 1% accuracy for capacitance measurements. Unfortunately, what I didn't realize is that it's completely useless for small vessels (less than 1-2 nags) due to the residual capacity of the huge test leads that come with this meter. There's a RES mode that should basically take care of that and allows you to go to zero before taking a reading - but there's no dedicated softkey for that, so you have to toggle that mode on and off(?) and actually that do I won't get meaningful readings for caps below 600pF or so. Huge disappointment - I will be returning it and sticking with my BK Precision 388B and its 3% capacitance accuracy (which allows capacitance measurements to be made without using test leads). Also, despite buying it new directly from Amazon, the box was pretty broken and I'm 99% sure the meter has been used before (a bit of dirt and a lot of dust on the rubber parts of the probes).

Pros
  • Excellent overall performance
Cons
  • Not as thick as other picks